Beer Man: Norse beer lives up to the Legend

7:00 PM,
Apr. 10, 2012

Written by

TODD HAEFER
The (Appleton, Wis.) Post-Crescent

I've had an interest in the traditional beers of the world since a 1994 issue of the homebrewing magazine Zymurgy featured an article highlighting indigenous beers.

Many of these did not contain hops -- the beers predated the popular rise in the now-universal bittering and flavoring agent. There were hundreds of other herbs and spices that were used, however, including juniper berries, a main ingredient in Samuel Adams' new Norse Legend sahti beer.

Sahti has its origins in Finland and is distinguished by the use of juniper berries -- the main spice in gin. Besides a barley base, sahti can ...